A passenger demand model for air transportation in a hub-and-spoke network

Transportation Research Part E: Logistics and Transportation Review

Volumn 47, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1112-1125

  Hsiao, Chieh Yu ^a,b   Hansen, Mark ^a  

^a 109 McLaughlin Hall   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CHIAO TUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Demand model; Instrumental variables; Panel data; Route choice; Value of travel time

Indexed keywords

AIR TRANSPORTATION; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; HUB AND SPOKE NETWORK; LOGIT ANALYSIS; NUMERICAL MODEL; PANEL DATA; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; TRAVEL DEMAND; TRAVEL TIME;

EID: 79960949356     PISSN: 13665545     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tre.2011.05.012     Document Type: Article

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